Reclining-chair.



o. 728,264. w PATENTED'MAY 19. 1903.

0. J. MATTAX. REGLI-NING CHAIR.

. APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. 1901. 1 H0 MODEL. 2 SHEETg-SEEET 1.

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No.-728,264. PATENTED MAY19, 1903.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Patented May- 19, 1903.

OFFICE.

RECLlNlNG-CHAIR.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,264, dated May 19,1903.

Application filed May 24,1901. Serial No. 61,?31. (No model.) V j T at whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, OLIVER J. MATTAX, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, county of Washington, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reclining-Chairs;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inven- Lion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to'm-ake and use the I same.

This invention has relation to new and useful improvements in reclining-chairs of that kind or type comprising movable back, seat,

and foot sections, which are so arranged and capable of such adjustment with relation to ary independent of the back-section.

A further object is to provide a joint or coupling for connecting the back andnfoot sections which will be so constructed as to hold the said sections rigidly connected and which may be broken or operated to connect the sections to permit'of their independent movement.

The invention consists in the arrangement and combination of the elements to be more fully described-hereinafter,and the novelty of which will be particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed.

Withthis object in view I will now describe my invention, which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view in detail of the adjustable joint employed. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectio'nal view of the joint, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation in detail of the hinged joint in the open position. 9

Similar letters of reference indicate corre' sponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

A designates the supporting-frame of the chair, upon which are mounted and secured the various elements constituting my. invention.

This frame consists of two side portions, which are duplicates in their structure and which have secured thereto metal arms B, which may be of any desired configuration. The seat 0 is made separate from the frame A and is adapted to be pivoted' or hinged,

as hereinafter described. The backand-foot rest are formed of two bent pieces D and D,

suitably hinged or connected together, as. will bexmore fully-described hereinafter. The rear of the seat 0 is hinged to a metal bar, so asrto admit of it being folded against the back. Said iron bar runs through the rails gages with arack e, thepurpose of which is for raising or lowering the rest, thus adapting it tosuitthe person occupying the-chair. The rails or bent pieces D and D are hinged together at e for the purpose of admitting the back to be reclined independent of the foot rest. The construction-of the hinge i'sasfollows: The hinge embraces the rails or bent pieces D and D, and the part which is secured to the foot-rest or shortest section of the rail is slotted for the purpose of allowing the ends of a metal pin e, which is secured to part D, to play therein, the purpose of which will appear hereinafter. The inner side of this section is formed with-a longitud'inalcavity f for the purpose ofretaining a spiral spring g. The upper end of this section of the hinge is bridged,assh'own at'h,and provided with a setscrew 2', which is adapted to engage with a nut j, which is embedded in the rail D for the purpose of holding or locking-the hinge fast with said rail,or I may substitute a spring-latchinot shown) for the purpose of locking the hinge fast. When it is desired to recline the back independent of the foot-rest, all that is necessary to be done is to unscrew the set-screw i, which will allow the back to recline independent of said foot-rest. When in this po- KOO supporting-frame, a seat-section, a back-section pivoted in the frame, a foot-rest section adjustably hinged to the back-section, and means for locking the foot and back sections, together with means for holding the foot-section stationary, permitting the back-section to be reclined independently of the foot-sec- 20 tion, substantially as shown and described.

OLIVER J. MATTAX.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL AMSPOKER, A. V. SMITH. 

